Marian Keyes has made a career of writing about brilliant young Irish women who pass through fire on their way to a richer life.  In The Mystery of Mercy Close, her long awaited fifth chapter in the Walsh sisters’ series, Keyes has found a new way to blend reality and fiction, resulting in the most urgent and funny novel of her career. She talks to Cahir O'Doherty about her ridiculously entertaining new book.

The Angels’ Share, the new film by award winning director and writer duo Ken Loach and Paul Laverty, is the irresistibly funny tale of a young father who will stop at nothing to secure a better life for his newborn. The film won the coveted Jury Prize for Loach at the Cannes Film Festival last year, and opens nationally this Friday. Cahir O'Doherty talks to Laverty about the film and his Irish background. 

Once in a while a new Irish playwright comes along with the talent to surprise you with the freshness and originality of their work. Last September at Origin Theatre’s 1st Irish Theatre Festival that distinction belonged to Laoisa Sexton, the New York-based Irish actress who wrote and starred in For Love, a brilliantly funny new play about the thorny pursuit of love in Dublin that delighted audiences with its raw wit.

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Today is Easter Monday.  The day after the big event.  Easter is one of our most significant religious holidays and, in the eyes of babes, it's second only  to Christmas.  The Easter Bunny can't hold a candle to Santa but, the anticipation of what  he may bring is enough to wake the tots well before sunrise... and, in our house, literally put the fear of God in them before they tucked into bed. 

Pugnacious pundit Glenn Beck blasted Mika Brzezinski for her pointed criticism of Newt Gingrich's Occupy Wall Street comments on his show this week.

Should Robert Pattinson pursue a comedic role? Some Hollywood experts think so!

It’s a Thursday morning in late June, and I am sitting at a table in the empty ballroom of the opulent Beverly Wilshire hotel, waiting for Brendan Gleeson. The press conference scheduled prior to our interview is running a bit long, and I feel as though I’m waiting for someone at a grand, abandoned café.